Refrigerator



Dec. 3, 1929. s KAYE ET AL 1,738,476

REFRIGERATOR Filed Nov. 18,1326 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 L l 1 L z 17 INVENTORS fiamuel Kaye and BY Uke5terfl.Fr1ck,,

A TTORNEYS 1929. s. KAYE ET AL 1,738,476

' REFRIGERATOR Filed'Nov. 18. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TORS Samuel Kaye and besterJLFrz'ck,

ATTORNEYS"? Dec. 3, 1929. s. KAYE ET AL REFRIGERATOR Filed NOV. 18. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 IN VEN TOR-5 15 Samuel Kaye and Chas tar [lFrz'c/o,

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I TTORNE) '3 l El s1 F COLUMBUS; MISSISSIPPI, AND CHESTER A. ERICK, 01E MUNCIE,

INDIANA; SAID FRIGK ASSIGNOR T0 SAID KhYE REFRIGERATOR Application filed November 18, 11926. berial No. l ltlfl lt.

Uur invention relates to improvements in,

refrigerators, and has for one of its objects that of providing an improved means for maintaining the articles in the refrigerator in a chilled condition.

Another object of our invention is to pro- 4; vide a refrigerator particularly for use in connection with cooling and dispensing bottled carbonated beverages, it being a particuw lar object to provide a refrigerator for this purpose which, while being highly ecient, may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

For the purpose of disclosing our invention we have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings in m manner of assembling and mounting the su porting leg;

ig. 9 is a bottom perspective of the bottom supporting leg; Fig. 10 is a perspective of the cover rim; Fig. 11 is a perspective of one of the bottle containers; N

Fig. 12 is a transverse section of the container; v

Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section showing to the bottle propeller mounting; Fig. 14 is a detail longitudinal section of one of the bottle containers;

big. 15 is a sectional view on the line 15-- la of Fig. 14, and

Fig. 16 is a detail section on the line Id-16 of big. ll.

In the embodiment illustrated the refrig era-tor comprises preferably an outer rectangular casing and support within which is an adapted to be hung a refrigerating tub, ar-' ranged to contain a liquid, preferably water, and ice which is maintained in the liquid in an immersed position. 15 itting within the tub is a series of bottle containers which are adapted, to support the bottles in an upright position, partially immersed in the liquid, These containers are adapted to receive a warm bottle at their rear end and by means of a propeller move a line of bottles, includ ing the warm one deposited, forward to a position where the first of the bottles may he removed throu h an opening at the front end.

The enclosing and supporting casing comprises four corner members 1 in the form of angles and between which, on the four sides, are adapted to be secured panels 2. lhlach panel is secured against the inner face of one side of two-angles by means of screws or bolts 3 so that the angles 1 not only form the corner posts or supporting legs for the structure but also provide a decorative trim at the corners. lPhe angles 1 are entended beyond the lower edge of the panels as at f to embrace and form part of the lower legs of the sup orting and enclosing box or casing.

ithin this su porting boa or casing ,we mount a tub or refrigerant container 5.. This tub is preferably formed of rust resisting sheet metal and in forming the tub we preferably bend a sheet of metalinto ll shape to form thebottom 6 and two ends '2'. The sides of the tub are rectangular shaped sheets of metal 8 having out turned lips 9 and fitting between the ends and bottom, the out turned lips 9 being welded or otherwise secured to the edges of the sides and bottom. This construction enables us to manufacture the tub in an extremely efficient while cheap manner. The top edge 10 of the tub are secured to a rectangular frame formed of channels 11 which are arranged with their open sides uppermost and when the tub is assembled vwithin the casing this frame fits within the casing and suitably spaces the tub from the casing, at the same time providinga supportat ing means for. the tub. At one corner of the casing there is provided a 'su porting lug formed of angle members 12 w ich at their upper ends-are slit at their angle and the metal thereof turned down one side on top Mia bolting the supporting lugs in position. Thetub and its supporting upper frame are thus hung within and from the outer casing, the greater part of the weight of the tub being taken on the four corner angles of the casing.

At suitable intervalsthe channels 11 are provided with transverse braces 15 which give rigidity to the channels and these cross braces, as well as the upper edges of the tub are secured in position by welding.

A rectangular trim is provided for the u'pper edge of the structure which comprises a substantially rectangular plate 16 covering the upper edges of the panels, the channels of the tub, and having down turned lips or flanges 17 embracing on the inside the upper edge of the tub and on the outside the upper edge of the panels. This trim is secured in position by means of bolts or screws 18 which pass through the outer lip 17 through the panel and into the sides of the channels 11 so that not only is the tub supported from the supporting lugs 12 at its corners, but part of the weight is taken on the side panels. This construction provides for an extremely rigid box-like structure in which the-various parts are interconnected to assist one another in obtaining the rigidity and strength and which at the same time permits of a. ready assemblage of the device. At the bottom edge of the panels we provide Z strips 19, one leg 20 of which extends vertically upwardly along the lower edges of the panels and the other leg 21 is turned downwardly to provide a flange for fastening the bottom in position. A filler corner 22 is fastened within the angle of the corner posts 1, at the bottom to reinforce the posts and this filler is provided with outwardly turned ears 22' bolted to the Z strips 19. A corner bracing member 23 at each of the corner junctions of the Z strips is bolted thereto and after the parts thus far described have been assembled the box is preferably turned upside down and the space between the panels and the tank is filled with an insulating material such as ground cork or thelike. After the insulatmgmaterialhas been placed in position a bottom 24 is secured in position to the Z strips 19, this bottom having a down turned flange 25 which is bolted to the leg 21 of the Z strip.

The bottles are contained in and dispensed from the containers which are removably mounted in the refrigerator. In the present instance we have disclosed three of such containers each having two channels and two rows of bottles. The containers are formed from sheet metal and the bottom portion of eachcontainer is formed from a sheet of metal bent into U or channel shape to provide a bottom 26 and the two sides 2727. Each container is covered by a cover plate 28 formed of a single piece of material having the metal of the sides bent back upon itself as at 29 and then turned downwardly as at 30 to be joined to the upper edges of the sides 27 by a seam, the sideportions 30 forming a continuation of the sides 27 and each container is divided into two channels by means of a separator plate 32. The top 28 at its rear end is provided with a pair of bottle receiving openings 33 one for each channel,

and at its forward end with a delivery open-.

ing 34 common to the two channels. Each of the openings 33 and half of the opening 34: is controlled by a slide member slidably supported beneath the openings on cross bars 35, which cross bars are supported in the side portions 30 and spaced apart from the top 28. These slide members comprise a pair of channels 36 telescoping one another and one of which at its forward end is turned upwardly at 37. The space between the channels is filled with a suitable insulating material. At their rear ends these slide members are provided with openings 39 coinciding, when the slides are shoved back in their open position, with the openings 33 and depending from the slides at the rear of the openings 39 are arcuate propeller blades 40 which extend down intoeach of the channels of the container. When each slide is moved to its retracted position, not only does the opening 39 coincide with the openings 33 in the top, but the front opening 34 of the top is opened so that a bottle may be deposited through the rear opening and another bottle removed from the front opening. After a bottle has been deposited through the rear opening and the slide moved forward to close the openings,

the row of bottles contained in the channels will be moved forward so that when the slide is opened a bottle will be in a position beneath the forward opening 34 to be removed. Each slide is inserted in position before the rear wall of the container is secured in position and after having been slid in position on the supports 35 the handle member 41 is secured to the front end of the slide, which not only provide means for manipulating the slide, but also provides a stop for preventing the slide from being moved too far to the rear.

The end walls of the containers are inserted in position after the slides have been assembled in position and comprise flat sheet metal walls 42 for both the front and back of the containers and these walls are provided with rearwardly extending cars 43 having lugs 4 1 which are passed through slots in the sides 27 and are then bent forwardly as at 45 whereby the end'walls are securely maintained in position.

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nraaara Each of the containers is of substantially the same construction except that the top cover plate of the inner container is not quite as wide as the cover plate of the two side containers and in assembly the two side containers are first placed in position and then the center container, so that the cover plate of the center container overlaps the edges of the two side containers thereby forming a complete closure for the top.

l or supporting in a display position and in a position to be fed into the containers, a plurality of supply bottles, we provide supporting racks, one on top of each container, these racks being so constructed as to hold two rows of bottles. 'lhe racks may be formed of wire or in any other suitable manner and adapted to support two rows of bottles, one above each of the containers, in such a position that as the rows of bottles are moved toward the rear the rear-most bottle will be positioned immediately above the receiving opening in the container.

In the operation of our device the bottle containers are removed leaving the top of the tub open and the tub is filled with water up to about the level indicated in the drawings. lice is also placed in the tub. The natural tendency of the ice is to float to the top of the water but when the containers are placed in position they project into the tub to such an extent that the bottles supported therein are submerged, or partially submerged, in the water and'the containers force the ice downwardly in the water so that it is submerged. llue to the fact that water'is at its greatest density at a temperature of about 39 degrees Fahrenheit and below this temperature becomes less dense and therefore has a tendency to rise, the water surrounding-the ice and in proximity thereto, being chilled to a temperature below39 degrees, will tend to rise, absorbing the heat from the goods, contained in the container until it reaches a temperature ofappronimately 39 degrees, when it will again tend to fall to be again chilled by the ice. lln this manner we are enabled to get an eatremely'ellicient cooling of the goods supported in the containers.

The containers themselves comprise bottle receiving and dispensing channel members. The bottles to be handled are supported in vertical position side by side in rows in the raclcs above the did'erent channels. A row of bottles is supported in each of the channels within the refrigerant container in a partially submerged condition, with the first of the bottles of the row in a position beneath the front opening of the top and the rearmost bottle of the row moved forward from beneath the rear opening. When it is desired to dispense a cooled bottle the supply row above that channellfrom which it is desired to remove a bottle is moved rearwardly until the 'tearmost bottle drops down and rests upon the closure slide at the receiving opening. As soon as the closure slide is moved rearwardly to open the front opening the rear opening is likewise opened and this bottle drops into the container channel. At the same time a chilled bottle may be moved from the forward end of the channel through the front opening. When the operator draws the slide forward to close the openings the propeller 40 will engage the bottle that has dropped into the channel and move the entire row of bottles forward positionin the front bottle of the row beneath the de ivery opening and moving the rear bottle of the row sufhciently for ward to clear the rear opening.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerant container open at its top, of a bottle receiving and dispensing container removably closing the top of said refrigerant container and supporting the bottles within said refrigerant container, said container having dispensing openings in its top wall to permit the dispensing of the bottles while the container is in position.

2. ln a refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerant container open at its top, of a self-contained bottle container removably closing the top of the refrigerant container and arranged to support the bottles within said container and including a channel in which the bottles are supported in an upright position side by side and having a receiving opening at one end and a delivery opening at the other end and means for moving the bottles forwardly in the channel from beneath the receiving opening to a position beneath the delivery opening.

3. lln a refrigerator, the combination with a frame comprising angle corner posts, side panels secured to said angle corner posts, a tub hung within said frame, a rectangular top frame having its inner edge connected to the upper edge of the tub and its outer edge connected to the top edge of the frame for supporting said tub in position, and a top closure for said tub comprising a plurality of bottle receiving and dispensing containers removably closing the top of said tub and ar ranged to support the bottles contained therein within the tub.

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4t. In a refrigerator, the combination with a frame comprising angle corner posts, side panels secured to each leg of said corner posts to form an enclosing structure, supporting ears secured to-each of the corner posts near the top thereof, a rectangular frame resting on said supporting ears, a tub having its uptheir contents within the tub.

5. In a refrigerator, the combination with a frame comprising angle corner posts, side panels secured at their vertical edges to each of the side members of the angles, a refrigerant containing tub hung within said frame and including a rectangular top frame having its outer edge secured to the upper edge of the supporting frame and its inner edge secured to the upper edge of the tub, the tub being spaced apart from the side walls of the tainer comprising atop formed of sheet metal having the metal of the two side edges bent back upon itself to form a flange and at right angles to the top to form a portion of the sides of the container and a bottom and side member formed of sheet metal the metal being bent into U-shape to form the two sides and the bottom, the upper edges of the two sides being joined to the down turned portion of the top, said'top having an opening at one end to receive a bottle'axially and an opening at the opposite end through which the bottle may be axially removed and a slide support beneath said top and arranged when closed to close both of said openings and when open to expose both of said openings.

7 In a refrigerator,,the combination with a refrigerant container open at its top, of a bottle container and dispenser forming a top cover for said refrigerant container and having a channel member projecting into said refrigerant container and arranged to support the bottles vertically side by side the top cover having a receiving opening at oneend and a delivery opening at the opposite end, a slide normally closing said openings and when in its retracted position exposing said openings, means carried by the slide for propelling the bottles forwardly in the channel as the slide is moved forwardly and a bottle rack mounted on said cover and arranged to supportla plurality of bottles in alinement in such a position that when the bottles are moved toward the rear of the rack the rearmost bottle will drop from said rack into the receiving opening.

8. In a'refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerant container open at its top, of a cover member therefor comprising a closure 1 top and a bottle containing channel supported within said refrigerant container from said top, said top-having at one end a bottle receiving opening and at the other end a bottle dispensing opening, a slide closure for said openings, cross bars supported in the sides of said channel beneath said top for supporting said slide closure in position and means carried by said slide closure for propelling the bottles received through the receiving opening forwardly through said channel.

9. In a refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerant container open at its top, of a top cover plate for said container supporting on the under side thereof a channel member for receiving and supporting a plurality of bottles to be cooled, said cover plate having a receiving opening at one end and a delivery opening at its opposite end, a slide closure for said openings arranged on the under face of the cover member, transversely extending cross bars supported in the sides of the channel members and providing runners for the slide closure, an operating handle secured to the front end of the slide closure for operating the same and adapted to engage against the rear wall of the front opening to act as a-stop for limiting the rearward movement of the closure, a downwardly extending propeller at the rear end of the closure arranged to engage the bottles deposited in the channel through the receiving opening and propel the same forwardly as the slide closure is moved to close the top openings.

10. A refrigerator including a bottle containing channel, a cover member for said channel having at one end a bottle receiving opening and at the other end a bottle dispensing opening, a slide closure for said openings, cross-bars supported in the sides of said channel beneath said cover member for supporting said closure in position and means carried by said slide closure for propelling the bottles received through the receiving opening forwardly through said channel.

11. A r frigcrator including a bottle containing c annel, a cover member for said channel having at one end a bottle receiving opening and at the other end a bottle dispensing opening, a slide closure for said openings supported beneath said cover member and means carried by said closure for propelling the bottles received through the receiving opening forwardly through the channel.

12. A refrigerator including a channel member for receiving and supporting a plurality of bottles to be cooled, a cover plate for said channel member having a receiving opening at oneend and a delivery opening at its opposite end, a slide closure for said openings supported/on the under face of said gover member, an operating handle secured to the front end of said slide closure for operating the same and adapted to engage with the rear wall-of the front opening to act as a stop for limiting the rearward movement of the closure and a downwardly extending propeller at the rear end of the closure arranged to engage the bottles deposited into the channel through the receiving opening and propel the same forwardly as the slide closure is moved closing the top opening.

In witness whereof I, CHESTER A. FRIQK, have hereunto set my hand at Muncie, Indiana, this 3rd day of November, 1926, and I,- SAMUEL KAYE, have hereunto set my hand at 0 Columbus, Mississippi, this 15 day of November, 1926.

CHESTER A. FRIGK.

SAMUEL KAYE. 

